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The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics shows a slight increase between June and July from 132.6 to 133.1. However, it is still below the maximum value for 2018, which was achieved at the beginning of the year. Since then, the trend of the index is sidewards, which indicates that world trade is…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics sank lightly from 133.6 points (revised) in May to 132.7 points in June. As of now, it cannot be ruled out that the implementation of US tariffs on July 1st, convinced some actors to move cargoes ahead of schedule. This would be suitable to explain the…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics recovered some of its losses during April, climbing from 130.0 (revised) to 131.0 points. After the strong revision of the March figure, the development during 2018 so far has been noticeably weaker than initially indicated. The strong revision is…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) decreased significantly from 135,5 (revised figure) to 133,0 in the month of March. It remains unclear in how far this reflects first consequences of the rising tension in the trade policy talks between the USA and China. The throughput decrease that the…

Germany’s leading economic experts raised their forecasts for 2018 and 2019 slightly in their Spring Joint Economic Forecast released on Thursday in Berlin. They now expect economic growth of 2.2 percent for this year and 2.0 percent for 2019, versus 2.0 percent and 1.8 percent respectively in their autumn forecast. “The German economy is still booming, but the air is getting thinner as unused…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) experienced a small decrease in February 2018 as it fell from 134,6 (revised figure of January) to 134,1. The Index remains on a high level, close to its all-time record. This development indicates a continuing strong world trade.

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics recorded a strong increase during January 2018, climbing from a value of 131.9 in December 2017 (revised figure) to 134.4 in January 2018. This is one of the highest monthly growth rates observed during the last eleven years. As such, it would seem that…

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics was able to maintain the high level seen in the previous month (revised November value: 130.6 points) during December 2017. The index thus ended the year 2017 on a positive note.

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) has increased again from a revised 129.3 points to 131.0 points. This marks a new all-time high. This indicates that world trade continues to expand.

The Container Throughput Index of the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) experienced a fall in October 2017 when it dropped from 129,7 to 128,3 index points. For the September value of the index which marks the current all-time high no revision was necessary. The decline might be interpreted as a counter-reaction to the…